Create a lesson on building a multi-block plugin based on a WordPress Developer Blog article

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I wrote an article about creating a multi-block plugin that may have value as an online lesson. One or both of the following approaches could be taken:

• The article approached the setup of a multi-block plugin by compiling the JS and CSS assets for blocks and other block and editor related functionality into single files

• Following reader comments a branch was created to explore a non-compiled version to maintain more of the expected core functionality provided by the block.json file and asset loading

• Topic description: In this course we'll dive into taking a basic block create with the create-block app and turning into a feature rich, multi-block plugin with support for any other WordPress functionality a developer requires, from PHP functions to block enhancements or modifications with JS.

• Audience: Developers

• Learning objectives: the end goal is for the viewer to learn about leveraging core configurations to create a single plugin to manage dependencies for multiple custom blocks as well as other related block functionality

• Content type: A three part mini-course might make more sense as the viewer could stop after the first part, or jump right to the eventual third part:

  • Primary build tutorial following core block.json setup (would also include block script setup for variations, styles, etc)
  • Compiling assets, to follow the original written approach (included in the compiled files would be the block scripts for variations, styles, etc)
  • Advanced features, to be added later

• WordPress version: 6.6

• Will you be creating this content? Yes

Related Resources

https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2024/09/how-to-build-a-multi-block-plugin/

I'm also looking to plan an follow up article, if this video works out I would look to prioritize the new article as I would love to follow up with the third part.

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